Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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996864
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Doc. No
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b751234
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Main Entry
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Woodard, Helena,1953-
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Title & Author
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African-British writings in the eighteenth century : : the politics of race and reason /\ Helena Woodard.
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Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 1999.
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Series Statement
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Contributions to the study of world literature,; no. 94
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (xxiii, 180 pages)
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ISBN
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0313388202
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: 9780313388200
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031330680X
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9780313306808
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-171) and index.
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Abstract
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The eighteenth century was a time of great cultural change in Britain. It was a period marked by expeditions to the New World, Africa, and the Orient, and these voyages were reflected in the travel literature of the era. It was also a period in which seventeenth-century empiricism and the scientific method became dominant, and in which society became increasingly secular. Fundamental to the eighteenth-century worldview was the notion of the Great Chain of Being, in which all creatures and their Creator stood in a hierarchical relationship with one another. The years from 1660 to 1833 witnessed.
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Subject
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African literature (English)-- Black authors-- History and criticism.
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Africans in literature.
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Africans-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
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Blacks in literature.
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English literature-- African influences.
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English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
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Race in literature.
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Reason in literature.
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African literature (English)-- Black authors.
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Africans in literature.
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Africans.
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Blacks in literature.
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English literature-- African influences.
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English literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literatur
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Literature.
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Politics and literature.
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Race in literature.
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Reason in literature.
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Afrikanen.
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Engels.
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Letterkunde.
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Africa, In literature.
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Africa.
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Subject
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Afrika
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Subject
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Great Britain.
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Subject
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Großbritannien
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Dewey Classification
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820.9/358
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LC Classification
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PR129.A35W66 1999eb
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NLM classification
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18.05bcl
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